1. What is defined as the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.?
(a) Ancient history.
(b) Racism.
(c) Culture.
(d) Society.

2. Roughly when did the Cold War begin?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1956.

3. What refers to a series of four coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States?
(a) Bin Laden attacks.
(b) 9/11 attacks.
(c) 12/17 attacks.
(d) 4/4 attacks.

4. Mamet describes a friend of his daughter's who was what in Chapter 35: The Small Refrigerator?
(a) A mormon.
(b) An heiress.
(c) A beauty queen.
(d) A muslim.

5. What name refers to a fictional Utopian lamasery high in the mountains of Tibet featured in the book "Lost Horizon"?
(a) Alcatraz.
(b) Shangri-La.
(c) Atlantis.
(d) Babylon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3: Culture, School Shootings, the Audience, and the Elevator, Mamet writes that the pursuit of ____________________________ is a waste of time and money in that what can be taken from the experience is not marketable and has no relevance to the real work force?

2. Along with other celebrities, Jane Fonda supported what occupation in 1969 which was intended to call attention to Native American issues?

3. What book by Sarah Palin has sold more than two million copies?

4. Who wrote the Supreme Court's decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford?

5. In Chapter 13: Maxwell Street, Mamet claims that to Liberals, the government has the responsibility of protecting anyone who claims to be what?

(see the answer key)

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